Top, A member of the women’s swimming team backstrokes during a competition. (MICHAEL DANSER/The Daily Campus)

After competing in the four-day meet in Houston, the SMU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both brought home their fifth consecutive Conference USA championship and 14th straight championship.
 

This streak that dates back to when SMU was still a part of the Western Athletic Conference.
The swimming and diving teams have dominated the WAC and C- USA for an impressive 14 years.
 

The men swimmers had a close race to the end with the Mustangs (871) pulling out a victory over second place Hawaii (833) by 38 points.
 

SMU cemented their victory with a nearly flawless performance Saturday, the last day of competition.
 

Of the seven events that day, the Mustangs finished first in six of them.
 

Junior Matt Culbertson won both the 1M and 3M diving competitions with apparent ease.
In the 1M, he tallied 361.45 points, while his next closest competitor had 309.80.
Even more impressively, his final score in the 3M was 411.25 while second place was 335.50.
 

Women’s swimming had an easier time, taking first by nearly 100 points.
 

At the end of the Championships, the Mustangs had 707 points, while second place East Carolina University finished with 611 points, a whopping 96 points behind.
 

Most impressively, both teams swept all six relay races they each participated in.
 

The men’s best time was in the 400 freestyle relay, in which they posted an NCAA qualifying time of 2:56.72.
 

The women’s final event was the 400 freestyle relay, in which the team posted an NCAA “B” qualifying time of 3:19.24.
 

With the Championships under their belts, both teams will continue the season at the USA Grand Prix in Austin March 4.